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Conversations with Cosgrove: Modern Rabbinic Ordination with Shuly Rubin Schwartz
Episode 568
Recorded in front of a live audience, listen as Rabbi Cosgrove talks to Shuly Rubin Schwartz, chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), jo…
1 year, 1 month ago
Take Him Out of the Ballgame
Episode 567
Can a person guilty of moral failure ever be redeemed? Reflecting on the posthumous reinstatement of Pete Rose, Rabbi Cosgrove explores the balance b…
1 year, 1 month ago
Ordo Amoris
Episode 566
In the wake of a papal-political clash over “the order of love,” Rabbi Cosgrove explores Judaism’s own moral calculus: how to love one’s neighbor whi…
1 year, 2 months ago
Conversations with Cosgrove: The Students of Soloveitchik with Rabbi Daniel Ross Goodman
Episode 565
Listen as Rabbi Cosgrove talks to Rabbi Daniel Ross Goodman about his past studies of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, how it led to his recent book, Solov…
1 year, 2 months ago
Conversations with Cosgrove: Discussion of Israel with Michael Oren
Episode 564
In front of a live audience, Rabbi Cosgrove and Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador to the United States from 2009 to 2013, discuss a wide range of cur…
1 year, 2 months ago
A Night of Questions
Episode 563
What makes the seder different from all other nights? Rabbi Cosgrove teaches that above all, it’s the questions that frame the entire evening. He urg…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Still, Small Voice
Episode 562
When alternate notions of what’s in the best interest of the Jewish community compete, how do we know what’s right? Reminding us that we are not the …
1 year, 3 months ago
Conversations with Cosgrove: The WZO Election with Yizhar Hess and the Vote for Mercaz
Episode 561
Rabbi Cosgrove and Yizhar Hess, vice chairman of the World Zionist Organization, discuss why American Jews should vote for Cosgrove and the MERCAZ US…
1 year, 3 months ago
Conversations with Cosgrove: Brothers for Life with Snir Pilus
Episode 560
Rabbi Cosgrove interviews Snir Pilus from Brothers for Life (BFL), which gives critical and immediate help to Israeli soldiers injured in combat. Amo…
1 year, 3 months ago
Conversations with Cosgrove: Dual Loyalty with Rabbi Nolan Lebovitz
Episode 559
Listen as Rabbi Cosgrove is joined by Rabbi Nolan Lebovitz, the senior rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom in California and the author of a new book, The Ca…
1 year, 3 months ago